Police
parade in Luton, c.1912 [Z1306/75/19/13]
Tuesday
5th June 1917: Two more Luton Borough police officers have
volunteered for military service, bringing the total number who have left the
Borough Force to serve in the army to fourteen. At the beginning of the War
there were 52 police officers in Luton, and the increase in population means that
figure should now have risen to 60, but only 36 are now available, including
the Chief Constable. The County Divisional Force is also suffering from an
acute manpower shortage. It should have a strength of 25 men, but ten have left
for the army and two are absent through illness. There are no unmarried men
left in either Force. Police Superintendent Panter has paid tribute to the work
of the special constables; without their assistance it would be impossible for
the police to carry out their work with so few officers.
Source:
Luton News, 7th June 1917
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